Aneesa Marufu – författare

The year's must-read YA fantasy – ancient djinn,an epic adventure, and one girl's courage to seek her own destiny...Burn the flame. Seek the night.'Highly relevant yet utterly original, I was utterly entrancedby this world of jinn, peris and hot air balloons that achefor the skies.' LAUREN JAMES, author of THE QUIETAT THE END OF THE WORLDFor Khadija, the only escape from her father’s arrangedbetrothal is the sky.When she spots a rogue hot air balloon fighting against its ropes,she leaps at the chance for adventure. Khadija soon finds anunlikely ally in a poor glassmaker’s apprentice, Jacob.But Jacob is a hāri, and Khadija a Ghadaean. The hāriare oppressed and restless – their infamous terrorist group,the Hāreef, have a new fearsome leader. And the ruling Ghadaeansare brutal in their repression.Soon, a deadly revolution threatens their friendship and theirworld. The Hāreef use forbidden magic, summoning jinn –wicked spirits made of fire – to enact their revenge, forcingJacob and Khadija to choose what kind of a world they wantto save … A commercial, thrilling and uplifting fantasy adventurefollowing sixteen-year-old Khadija, who flees her home in a stolenhot air balloon to escape an arranged marriageThe debut novel from enthralling new talent, twenty-four-year-oldAneesa Marufu, which draws on the author’s SouthAsian heritageExplores racism, misogyny and discrimination in a highlyoriginal fantasy universePerfect for fans of Noughts + Crosses, WeHunt the Flame and Rebel of the Sands